this and that WAS Re: Winnie the Pooh

[Guest guest]

Kel's always hated Winnie the Pooh and friends, now I have some insight as

to why . . . :-) *Anyone* could have nailed Eeyore's diagnosis! No

offense , but this doesn't seem best use of Canadian research dollars.

BTW, Kel and I diagnose the redheaded boy (Chuckie?) in Rugrats with OCD or

GAD or some spectrum disorder. We recently watched an episode where this

character is desperately trying to keep his little friends from messing up

the arrangement of his toys and explaining patiently where each one has to

go.

I just got off the phone with another therapist. This one I got from the

ADAA's site, where she states she uses CBT for OCD, and sees kids in her

practice. One catch, the youngest she'll consider this therapy is 10.

(This is an improvement over age 16, which is what Kel's psych says.) Kel

will be seven in a few weeks. This therapist says she's had very good

results using more traditional approaches to OCD in young kids, however,

should I wish to consider other modalities . . .

Onward and upward :-)

Kathy R in Indiana

[OCDandParenting] Winnie the Pooh

> I'm crushed! I just read this in my local newspaper today, and all I can

say,

> is " Say it Ain't So! Don't Mess with Winnie! "

> Jay in Colorado

>

> A pediatric research team says A.A. Milne's characters in the " Winnie the

> Pooh " stories are psychological messes. Writing in the Canadian Medical

> Association Journal, team leader Shea says Pooh himself is

> obsessive-compulsive and suffers from attention deficit disorder; Eeyore

is

> depressed; Piglet is in need of anti-panic drugs; and Robin is

> haunted by unresolved gender issues. " Sadly, " the team notes, " the forest

is

> not, in fact a place of enchantment but rather one of disenchantment where

> neurodevelopmetal and psychosocial problems go unrecognized and

untreated. "